The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper star in a smartly produced drama consisting of three distinct acts telling three distinct stories connected by links from the characters' pasts.

Sightseers (2012)
Outstanding British director Ben Wheatley (Kill List, A Field in England) presents a quirky black comedy detailing the surreal caravan trip of a pair of unlikely killers.

Flight (2012)
A fine performance from Denzel Washington as an alcoholic airline pilot dealing with the aftermath of crash in which he saved hundreds of lives.

About Time (2013)
A very modern Richard Curtis directed romantic comedy depicting the relationships of a man who is both gifted and burdened with the power to travel back in time at will and alter his past. A much brighter telling of the Butterfly Effect.

Byzantium (2012)
Gemma Arterton looks gorgeous in a very original and grounded take on the modern vampire story, set in Scotland.

The Awakening (2011)
The Wire's Dominic West stars in a classic British haunted-mansion ghost story which stands alone in modern cinema in not spoiling the well crafted atmosphere with a heavily CGI leaden climax containing screaming women and stupid gory effects.

Captain Philips (2013)
Far better than I was expecting. A somewhat predicable unlikely hero story starring Tom Hanks quickly descends into a full on military action-drama with tension levels through the roof throughout. Hanks acts brilliantly.

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
The latest Cohen brothers movie depicts the pre-Dylan New York folk scene by following the struggles of a talented, selfish and occasionally homeless musician with strong cameos from both John Goodman and Justin Timberlake.

Pacific Rim (2013)
Didn't expect much; was in fact blown away. A brilliantly cheesy Sci-Fi action movie which doesn't take itself seriously one bit but nevertheless manages to achieve in every sense where Transformers routinely fails, whilst displaying some of the finest special effects I've ever seen.

Prisoners (2013)
Hugh Jackman and Jake Gylanhaal star in a modernish take on the missing girls/murder mystery film. Great performances all round, including Paul Dano as the superbly unfathomable and disturbed prime suspect.

Precious (2009)
A dark, Oscar winning coming of age drama about an illiterate teenage girl suffering from domestic abuse in Harlem 1987.

Bad Grampa (2013)
The funniest film I've seen for a long time, Johnny Knoxville demonstrates that his Jackass character easily has enough depth for a feature film. The kid co-star is superb also and the movie surprisingly ends with you actually caring for the characters despite the ridiculous spoofy-prank nature of the laughs.

Filth (2013)
Screen adaption of the Irvine Welsh novel starring James McAvoy as a truly bent and sadistic Scottish copper whose excesses quickly cause him to lose his grip on reality with rather brutal and intense effect.

Maverick McKillshark wrote:Having read all the books and hearing that the movie was rubbish, I was actually pleasantly surprised by Ender's Game and thought it was alright.

Have you read the books, RedLyn?

No but it is exactly the type of book I would get lost in until its finished.
I dont read books any more unfortunately. When I buy them, now I tend to buy self help books with titles such as "how to be a great leader" which I promptly shelf next to "how to win friends and influence people" and then watch it gather dust.

As I will not be reading, hope they make the other books into movies as well.

No they won't be making any more of the Ender novels into movies. The sequels are written to a different style entirely with Ender depicted as a widened old man. There's nothing for Hollywood to work with beyond the first book in the series.

Whilst Ender's Game (the movie) presents a reasonable synopsis of the storyline, it completely fails to capture the brilliant internal characterisation inherent in Scott Card's text. The sequels take that brilliant writing ten steps further, but present it in a setting entirely sans the sci-fi movie type action scenes apparent in the first book.

A movie with ryan gosling and bradley cooper. Must remember to watch that. About time is one of the best films I have seen in a while, a romantic time travel film I wasn't expecting much but I was pleasantly surprised.
I did some baby sitting recently:
The lego movie - wasn't a fan, good idea, some good one liners but expected more. The awesome song was awesome though.
How to train your dragon 2 - decent but not as good as the first one

Also recently seen:
Spiderman 2 - Too long in my opinion, could have been done better
Divergent - Pretty good, thought the romantic storyline took a bit away from the actual plot. Not as good as the hunger games.
On my to watch list;
Boyhood

Nashville (1975)
An unfocused slice of mid-70's Americana following the lives of a number of fictional country singers to the backdrop of a presidential election campaign. A hodge-podge of many concurrent stories rather than any central narrative, there's a nostalgic, trippy atmosphere and good music throughout.